Clothes-peg.



. PATENTED MAR. 3,1903

R. HAWGRIDGE.

CLOTHES PEG. I APPLIOATION FILED APR. 8, 1902 IN YENTOR Arrow/Em UNITED STATES PATENT OF ICE.

ROBERT HAWCRIDGE, OF WEST HARBOUR, DUNEDIN, NEW ZEALAND.

CLOTH ES-PEG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 721,7 da d March 1903- Application filed April 8, 19 02. gerial No. 101,948- (No model.)

To atZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, ROBERT HAWORIDGE, a British subject, residing at Montague street, West Harbour, Dunedin, in the Colony of New Zealand, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Olothes-Pegs,'of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates particularly to pegs used for fastening clothes when washed to a line, so that they may be dried, and for analogous purposes. I

It consists of the novel const'ructionand parts hereinafter described, and finally pointed out in the claim. I

It-is an improvement on the Wooden peg that is in common use, inasmuch as it remains firmly fixed in position without injury .to the clothes, notwithstanding that a gale may be blowing. It may also be placed on the clothes-line without clothes when not in use, and it will remain on the line where placed and convenient for use. These objects are effected by making the peg with a spiral twisted or screw-shaped channel or opening between the legs, and it may be made of metal and other substances, as well as of wood. The peg isthrust into position similarly to the ordinary wooden peg.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan with the points of the legs upward. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. turned a quarter around and showing a modification in the head. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 represent transverse sections taken, respectively, at the top, middle, and lower end of the pin.

The pin is of generally cylindrical form, as at 01. Its legs be extend therefrom and haveparallel inner faces 01, which are straight in cross-section, as shown in Figs. 4:, 5, and 6. These straight faces are helically arranged and provide a helical space between the legs.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Fig. 3 is a side elevation, but 

